One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.
The real cake isn't HAVING what you want, it's DOING what you want
Fight and push harder for what you believe in, you'd be surprised, you are much stronger than you think.
If anyone tells you that you can't achieve your dreams, or puts you down, make your hand into a claw and tell them you're a little monster and you can do whatever the f*** you want.
I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen had a hit called Radio Gaga. That's why I love the name. Freddie was unique - one of the biggest personalities in the whole of pop music. He was not only a singer but also a fantastic performer, a man of the theatre and someone who constantly transformed himself. In short: a genius.
Ignore all hatred and criticism. Live for what you create, and die protecting it.
Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are.
You are not permitted to kill a woman who has wronged you, but nothing forbids you to reflect that she is growing older every minute.
The central point of this final chapter is that - follow my logic carefully here - unless you die, you will continue to get older. (It's insights like this that separate the professional book author from the person with a real job. )
One of the biggest divides in Canada - I said it in 2006, and I said it right through my political career - is urban-rural. Lots of parts of this country feel entirely left behind. And they're mobilized by, you know, the gun control issue.
You have to trust the words. They do not create anything more than themselves.